Syllable Weight

In linguistics, syllable weight is the concept that syllables pattern together according to the number and/or duration of segments in the rime. In classical poetry, both Greek and Latin, distinctions of syllable weight were fundamental to the meter of the line.

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    “The Brain is just the weight of God—
    For—Heft them—Pound for Pound—
    And they will differ—if they do—
    As Syllable from Sound—”
    —Emily Dickinson (1830–1886)

    “Now mark me how I will undo myself.
    I give this heavy weight from off my head,
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